Los Angeles Angels at Kansas City Royals

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Los Angeles Angels

53-72, 26-32 Away

Final
3 - 5

Kansas City Royals

70-55, 39-25 Home

DeJong hits 2-run shot, Lugo tosses 7 strong innings as Royals beat Angels 5-3 for 5th straight win

Lugo (14-7), who had been just 2/3 with 5.23 ERA since the All-Star break, allowed four hits and three walks over seven innings while striking out eight. That tied him with the Braves’ Chris Sale and the Tigers’ Tarik Skubal for the big league lead in wins.

Salvador Perez added two hits and three RBI for the Royals, who have outscored their opponents 37-7 during their winning streak. Kansas City never trailed in any of those games against the AL Central-rival Twins, Reds and Angels.

“It's something we all feel together,” Lugo said simply. “It's a team sport and we're all doing it together.”

Lugo only allowed two hits until the seventh, when Brandon Drury drew a walk and Mickey Moniak and Jo Adell followed with doubles to draw the Angels to 3-2. Lugo bounced back by getting Taylor Ward to pop out and end the inning.

Kris Bubic gave up Zach Neto's homer in the eighth before John Schreiber worked the ninth for his second save.

“We battled him, battled him, battled him,” Angels manager Ron Washington said of Lugo. "At the end, we got some runs on him, but we just couldn’t put him away. If you can stay with a good pitcher like that, usually toward the end, hopefully you get an opportunity. We started getting to him in the seventh, but by that time he’d already did his damage.”

Washington confirmed that hitting coach Johnny Washington was ejected during the game for arguing balls and strikes.

"He thought he had to do what he had to do to protect his hitters,” the manager said.

Carson Fulmer (0-4) allowed three runs — two earned — and five hits with three walks over four innings for Los Angeles.

He was in trouble right from the start, when Michael Massey led off with a single and Fulmer walked two batters in the first inning. And while he was able to wiggle out of that jam, it drove Fulmer's pitch count up and led to a short night.

Massey walked leading off the third and scored on Perez's single. But the first big blow for Kansas City came in the fourth, when DeJong hit his two-run shot into the left-field bullpen. It came one pitch after he had yanked a would-be homer just foul.

Perez added a two-run double off Angels reliever Victor Mederos in the seventh to restore the Royals' cushion.

“I mean, that was the base hit of the night right there,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “It separated us again a little bit with two innings to go.”

TRAINER'S ROOM

Angels: 3B Anthony Rendon was back in the lineup after getting hit by a pitch on the elbow in Atlanta and missing the next two games. “The last three days he's been taking care of it, and he said he's ready to go,” Ron Washington said.

Royals: RHP Hunter Harvey (back tightness) hopes to throw a bullpen session later in the week. He has been out since Aug. 5. If that goes well, the club will decide whether Harvey needs a rehab assignment, Royals general manager J.J. Picollo said,

ROSTER MOVES

Royals: Schreiber (right patellar tendon) was reinstated from the injured list before the game. The reliever had been out since July 28. RHP Carlos Hernandez was optioned to Triple-A Omaha in the corresponding roster move.

Angels LHP Tyler Anderson (9-11, 3.30 ERA) starts the second game of the series on Tuesday night. LHP Cole Ragans (10-7, 3.18) goes for his sixth win in his last seven starts for Kansas City.

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Matchup Prediction

Royals: 67.7%

Angels: 32.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Moniak lined out to first.
	9th Inning	Drury grounded into double play, third to second to first, O'Hoppe out at second.
	9th Inning	O'Hoppe reached on infield single to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Schreiber relieved Bubic
	9th Inning	Garcia at second base.
	8th Inning	Garcia flied out to left.

Statistics

LAA		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	12
10	Strikeouts	10
3	Runs Batted In	5
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	2
10	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
117	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
13	Total Bases	14
35	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
3.1	Runs Created	5.3
.188	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.406	Slugging Percentage	.424
.313	Secondary Average	.303
.257	On Base Percentage	.351
.663	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.776
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
3.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.0
29.0	Batter Rating	37.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.34	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.86
.219	Isolated Power	.152
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.108
.125	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.030
6.0	Runs Produced	10.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.4
75.8	MLB Rating	84.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0